Louisiana State 41, Texas A&M 24
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 7, 2011
Where: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Randy Smith
Attendance:
83514
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Jordan Jefferson passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another as No. 12 Louisiana State took down No. 17 Texas A&M 41-24 on Friday night in the AT&T Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Stevan Ridley rushed for 84 yards and a score and Most Valuable Player Terrence Toliver caught three touchdown passes for the Tigers (11-2), who moved to 5-1 in bowl games under head coach Les Miles.
The Aggies jumped out to the lead quickly, returning the opening kickoff 69 yards and getting a touchdown pass from Ryan Tannehill five plays later. Texas A&M turned an interception from Jefferson into three more points eight minutes later to push it to 10-0.
But the LSU offense got it going from there, with Jefferson finding Toliver for a 42-yard score and then rushing from 1 yard out early in the second to give the Tigers a 14-10 edge.
The Aggies (9-4) grabbed the lead one more time with a touchdown, but Ridley got it right back with a 17-yard scoring burst and Jefferson’s second touchdown pass just before the half sent LSU into the break ahead 28-17.
A 41-yard connection from Jefferson to Toliver at the 12:37 mark of the third quarter made it 35-17 and the Tigers were able to cruise to the finish.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Texas A&M |
|
Louisiana State |
Cyrus Gray
|
Player |
Steven Ridley
|
20 |
Attempts |
24 |
100 |
Yards |
105 |
5.0 |
Avg Yards |
4.4 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Texas A&M
|
373 |
155 |
218 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
0 |
Louisiana State
|
446 |
288 |
158 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2.0 |
3 |